Surjo Dighol Bari Explosives Case
Arrest warrant against ex-Sylhet DC, 5 others for skipping court as PWs
A Sylhet court yesterday issued warrant against a former deputy commissioner and five others as they failed to appear before the court even on repeated notices to give evidence in the explosives case filed after the arrest of outlawed JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman four years ago.
They are the then DC SM Faisal Alam, the then ASP Mosih Uddin of CID, Abdul Latif, assistant vice president of Islami Bank, and officer of the bank Mahbubur Rahman, Md Alam Miah of Shaplabag, Iqbal Mansur of Shahjalal Uposhahar, all prosecution witnesses.
Additional District and Sessions Judge-VI, Sylhet, Manzurul Haque Khan passed the order as the recording of deposition is being delayed due to their absence even on repeated notices, court sources said.
The judge also fixed the next date on July 22.
The judge so far recorded the deposition of the 23 PWs out of the total 50.
Accused in the case, Shaikh Rahman's close aide Moyezul Islam Chowdhury alias Sona alias Hridoy, his wife Chameli Begum alias Sabina Yasmin, Shaikh's bodyguard Abdul Aziz alias Hanif and Sabbir Ahmed alias Dulal were produced before the court yesterday.
Shaikh Rahman's wife Nurjahan Begum Rupa and daughter Afifa Rahman, who had been on bail, also appeared before the court.
But the JMB's present chief Moulana Saidur Rahman, who was arrested recently from the capital, was not brought to the court although he is one of the seven accused in the case.
The case was filed after the arrest of Shaikh Abdur Rahman (later hanged in the case for murder of two judges in Jhalakathi) and his men along with family members from a house in Sylhet on March 2 of 2006.
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sylhet Ferdous Ahmed, also the judge of arms and explosives court, framed charges against seven accused on January 3 of 2008.
Huge explosives were recovered and seized from 'Surjadighol Bari' at the city's Shaplabag area after the surrender of Shaikh Abdur Rahman, his family members and a few aides on March 2 of 2006.
Immediately a case was recorded under explosives act against them with Sylhet Kotwali police station.
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